Problems with Prerequisites to install - missing jre tools.jar file during

[deanp1234]

Hi,

I am a beginner joining this community.

I am interested in installing jbpm and I am having trouble getting the install completed successfully.

I have followed the instructions in the user manual:

http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v5.1/userguide/ch03.html#d0e389

The problem I am having is when I run the following command:

ant start.demo

When this executes it has the following error:

Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\lib\tools.jar

Buildfile: build.xml does not exist !

Build failed

I am trying to figure out why I do not have the tools.jar file under the directory it should be located:

C:\Program Files\Java\lib

I have followed the install prerequisities:

3.1. Prerequisites

This script assumes you have Java JDK 1.5+ (set as JAVA_HOME), and Ant 1.7+ installed. If you don't, use the following links to download and install them:

Java: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

I have downloaded the "Java Platform (JDK) 7u3" for Windows x86 platform.

I have installed this so that all the jre files are where they should be:

C:\Program Files\Java\lib

However, I do not see the tools.jar file in this directory.

Any advice?

Thank You

Dean

[peterj]

Dean, welcome to the JBoss community!

You need to download the JDK, not the JRE. The JDK has the tools.jar. (Note that the JDK installs both a JDK and a JRE, make sure you set JAVA_HOME to the JDK installation!)

[deanp1234]

This suggestion worked for me.

Thank You for your advice.

Dean

[deanp1234]

Hi,

I am continuing to try to install jbmp and I am having a few issues.

I have followed the instructions in the user manual:

http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v5.1/userguide/ch03.html#d0e389

The step that I am having some trouble is with installing the installer...

I have downloaded the installer from the recommended site:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jbpm/files/latest/download?source=files

I then use the WinZip wizard to "Unzip or install from "jbpm-5.2.0.Final-installer-full.zip".

I select the following folder to unzip the files:

c:Program Files\jbpm

Winzip installs the files, but I don't think it is unzipping all the files properly...

After I do the install I take the next step which is to run "ant start.demo".

This fails when it gets to start jboss. It cannot find a file in this folder:

c:Program Files\jbpm\jbpm-installer\jboss-as-7.0.2.Final

It turns out that the zip file for "jboss-as-7.0.2.Final' did not get unzipped but got placed into the following folder:

C:\Program Files\jbpm\jbpm-installer\lib

So then I have to run winzip again to install the "jboss-as-7.0.2.Final' under the following folder:

c:Program Files\jbpm\jbpm-installer\jboss-as-7.0.2.Final

Then after I did that I try running "ant start.demo" and it gets further along.

But then it cannot find files under the following folder:

c:Program Files\jbpm\jbpm-installer\eclipse

So then I looked for an eclipse zip file under the lib folder but I could not find one.

So I went to the eclipse download site and downloaded eclipse, then installed it here:

c:Program Files\jbpm\jbpm-installer\eclipse

Then after I installed eclipse the "ant start.demo" gets further and opens eclipse.

But then it gets stuck again trying to find another item that was not properly installed.

I can continue trying to figure out why it is getting stuck and installing parts on my own, but I am thinking there is an easier way.

I must have done something wrong with the original install procedure with winzip...However I cannot see any options in winzip to unzip zip files within the zip file...

I am also thinking that "ant start.demo" is trying to go out to th e internet and download packages like eclipse. I think it is failing to get out the the internet.

Maybe I have some type of proxy settings incorrect, stopping "ant start.demo" from downloading eclipse...

What things can I do to make the install complete successfully so that "ant start.demo" can run without errors?

Thank You,

Dean